The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation forecasted reduction of the general harvest of sunflower seed in the country in 2014 to the level of 9.2 mln tonnes, a decrease of 13% compared with last year volumes, declared the press-service of the Ministry on June 23.

The expected production volumes will provide the required raw material resources for fat-and-oil processing enterprises, explained the representative of the Ministry.

As a reminder, in 2013 the harvest volumes of the oilseed in Russia reached the record high index of 10.6 mln tonnes.